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Saturday Live: David Suchet

19/10/2019

David Suchet

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, David Suchet

The Inheritance Tracks of Kelly Macdonald, and Simon King on extraordinary weather.

Actor and photographer David Suchet, meteorologist Simon King, listener Kathryn Penny on a bus trip reunion after 50 years, and Samantha Moyo who pioneered the 6am sober rave.

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by the actor David Suchet who has been taking photographs since he was eight when his Fleet Street photographer grandfather passed on his knowledge. His new book Behind the Lens: My Life is a collection of David’s photographs.

Listener Kathryn Penny reports back from the 50th anniversary reunion of the Commonwealth Expedition which involved twenty coach loads of British students setting of for India.  

'Serial innovator' Samantha Moyo wanted a break from her hedonistic lifestyle and organised the first Morning Gloryville 6am sober rave in 2013. They are now staged in 23 locations world wide.

BBC weather presenter and meteorologist Simon King on his lifelong weather obsession and new book What Does Rain Smell Like?  

And we have the Inheritance Tracks of actor Kelly Macdonald who chooses You are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis and I Love You by Woodkid.

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